Greetings from Kansas City and Nebraska. Pictured is our colleague, Bob O’Keefe, surveying the Omaha landscape during one of the coldest days of 2022. Trust us – under that grin is one nearly frozen individual. We had a terrific time in Nebraska this week...
For years, fiber has been considered the gold standard for delivering fast broadband speeds to residential customers, particularly in areas where broadband subscriber density justified the cost. But other areas that fiber couldn’t reach remained mostly underserved, forcing service providers to look for alternative...
Fiber optic internet is here to stay. All the underground conduits run across continents, cities and data centers will remain fiber. All the pipes that connect the major points of access to the thousands of distribution points are now fiber and will remain so...
Thanksgiving greetings from the West, Midwest and Southeast, where we are hitting the road and logging many miles. This week’s picture, however, comes from a Charlotte-based startup that I have been advising since the early 2018 (Lucid Drone Technologies). They were the belles of...
According to Vodafone, the expanded partnership with CityFibre will make it the largest full fiber broadband provider in the U.K.
Vodafone is expanding its partnership with CityFibre, which, according to the operator, will make it the U.K.’s largest full fiber broadband provider. Vodafone is targeting...
The BT robotics lab emulates three different types of environments in which testing can be carried out: Underground, in-duct and overhead environments
BT has opened a dedicated, 5,000+ square-foot telecoms civil engineering robotics test facility at its BT Labs in the U.K. The lab, located in Suffolk,...
The deal represents one of the largest in Cox Communications history
Cox Communications acquired the commercial services segment of Segra, a privately held fiber infrastructure provider based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The deal represents one of the largest in Cox Communications history and supports the company’s focus on strategic infrastructure...
COVID-19 pandemic put the intersection of 5G and direct-to-consumer media in focus
During the virtual Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference, AT&T CEO John Stankey provided a wide-ranging update on the company's ambitions to continue its investments in fiber and 5G wireless networks (and grow its subscriber...
Verizon has been deploying MEC infrastructure for two years giving it a "head start" over its competition, CEO says
Speaking Sept. 21 at the virtual Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg outlined both existing and developing "vectors of growth" that he characterized as...
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While the proposed $1 trillion infrastructure bill has not yet officially been passed, industry policy experts are expecting that at some point, it will make it through the legislature and be signed by the president. But what does that look like, and what happens...
For years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the broadband minimum benchmark speed for small businesses to be 25 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloading and 3 Mbps for uploading. However, a recent report published by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed...
Lumen will sell CenturyLink-branded assets to Apollo across 20 states and retain those in 16 states
Lumen Technologies has agreed to sell a portion of its incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) operations to Apollo Global Management for $7.5 billion. Lumen will retain the CenturyLink-branded assets in 16...
The Connected Coast project aims to bring high-speed Internet to remote communities along coastal BC, Haida Gwaii and Vancouver Island
Fujitsu Network Communications’ hardware and software services have been chosen by the CityWest Connected Coast Network Corporation and Strathcona Connected Coast Network Corporation for the Connected Coast project to bring high-speed...
Ufinet first entered Brazil in 2019 with the purchase of São Paulo-based Netell
Wholesale telecommunications company Ufinet has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in NB Telecom, a Rio de Janeiro-based carrier. According to Stefano Lorenzi, executive chairman at Ufinet, the company will expand NB Telecom’s network...
July greetings from Blair/ Omaha, Nebraska (fresh off a memorable College World Series, and home of this week’s PGA Senior Open) and Davidson/ Lake Norman, North Carolina. Pictured is a wonderful fireworks shot my neighbor captured from last Sunday’s celebration. It is great to be back...
On this week’s episode, FiberLight’s SVP of Enterprise Sales Sue Kelly discusses the important, and often overlooked, role that fiber will play in the 5G era, as well as what operators and enterprise customers are looking for in their fiber solutions.
Father’s Day greetings from Dallas, TX, and Davidson/ Lake Norman, NC. The opening picture is from last Friday’s Lake Norman boat ride with our neighbors. Having my Dad and Mom nearby is a blessing. We hope each of you has a similarly joyous celebration...
Bluebird will deploy fiber to over 500 cell towers
Regional operator Bluebird Network plans to extend fiber access to more than 500 towers in order to support the expansion of 5G networks in a number of markets in Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas.
“The...
C Spire CEO: 'Fiber networks are a must to deliver speed'
C Spire, a Mississippi-based service provider, revealed its largest capital spend in the company’s history: a $1 billion investment plan to accelerate the deployment of 5G — which is began rolling out in October...
Greetings from Statesville and Davidson, NC, where vaccinations are in full swing. Pictured is the appointment-only drive thru line at our regional hospital where the elder Pattersons received their first jab Saturday (getting the appointment for Jim’s folks was a definition of “luck of...
Carolyn Hardwick, the president of engineering at Squan, comes on the show to explain some of the latest progress and challenges she's experienced in wireless and fiber engineering in telecommunications. She also discusses the importance of female leadership and her role as the President...
Elisa and Lounea will begin developing pilot sites early this year
Elisa and telco Lounea, which operates in Western Finland, have established a joint nationwide fiber network venture. The pair will begin developing pilot sites early this year. Elisa will provide services and perform the...
